The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena ( la, Dioecesis Lorenensis) is a
diocese located in the city of
Lorena, São Paulo, in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Aparecida in Brazil.
On Tuesday, 18 August 2012, the then-Bishop of Lorena, Bishop
Benedito Beni dos Santos, was named by
Pope Benedict XVI to serve as one of the papally-appointed Synod Fathers for the October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the
Synod of Bishops on the New
Evangelization.
History
*31 July 1937: Established as Diocese of Lorena from the
Diocese of Taubaté
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...
Leadership
*
Bishops of Lorena (Roman rite), listed in reverse chronological order
**Bishop
Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias
Joaquim is the Portuguese language, Portuguese and Catalan language, Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to:
* Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician
* Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician
* Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese profe ...
(13 January 2021 – present)
**Bishop
João Inácio Müller
João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. (born 15 June 1960) is a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Ordained to the priesthood on 3 December 1988, Müller was named as the bishop of Lorena, Brazil on 25 September 2013. On 5 May 2019, he was appointed ...
,
O.F.M. (25 September 2013 – 15 May 2019); formerly, Minister Provincial for the Franciscans in
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;
appointed Archbishop of Campinas, São Paulo
**Bishop
Benedito Beni dos Santos (26 April 2006 – 25 September 2013)
**Bishop
Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues (10 January 2001 – 4 May 2005), appointed Archbishop of Sorocaba, São Paulo)
**Bishop
João Hipólito de Morais
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.
Kings
* ...
(11 July 1977 – 10 January 2001)
**Bishop
Antônio Afonso de Miranda,
S.D.N. (3 November 1971 – 11 July 1977), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais
**Bishop
Cândido Rubens Padín
Cândido Rubens Padín, OSB, (September 5
, 1915 – January 25, 2008) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Padín was born in São Carlos, Brazil, and was ordained a priest on July 15, 1946, from the religious order of Order ...
,
O.S.B. (3 January 1966 – 27 April 1970), appointed Bishop of Bauru, São Paulo
**Bishop
José Melhado Campos
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...
(29 May 1960 – 22 February 1965), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba
**Bishop
Luís Gonzaga Peluso
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...
(13 June 1946 – 25 July 1959), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba
**Bishop
Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral
Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral (10 October 1898–1 May 1989) was a Brazilian bishop. He served as Bishop of Lorena (1941-1944) and Bishop of Taubaté (1944-1976). He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. He was a supp ...
(21 December 1940 – 3 October 1944), appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo
References
GCatholic.orgDiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Lorena, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Christian organizations established in 1937
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1937 establishments in Brazil
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